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$DefaultAudioOutputDevice

gives the name of the default audio output device attached to the computer.

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$DefaultAudioOutputDevice

$DefaultAudioOutputDevice

gives the name of the default audio output device attached to the computer.

Details

  • $DefaultAudioOutputDevice can be set to any available device listed in $AudioOutputDevices. The value is preserved across Wolfram Language sessions.
  • If not set explicitly or if cleared, $DefaultAudioOutputDevice is effectively taken to be the same as the system settings.
  • Typical settings include:
  • Automaticautomatically chosen
    "SystemSetting"same as system settings
    "devname"an explicit device

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Default audio output device:

Scope  (2)

Check the list of available devices using $AudioOutputDevices:

Set the default output device:

The default output device can match the system settings:

Wolfram Research (2016), $DefaultAudioOutputDevice, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultAudioOutputDevice.html (updated 2017).

Text

Wolfram Research (2016), $DefaultAudioOutputDevice, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultAudioOutputDevice.html (updated 2017).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2016. "$DefaultAudioOutputDevice." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2017. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultAudioOutputDevice.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2016). $DefaultAudioOutputDevice. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultAudioOutputDevice.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$defaultaudiooutputdevice, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$DefaultAudioOutputDevice}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultAudioOutputDevice.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$defaultaudiooutputdevice, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$DefaultAudioOutputDevice}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$DefaultAudioOutputDevice.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}